Stocking-protector.



PATENTED MAY l2, 1908.

L. DUCEY. STOGKING PROTECTOR. ArPLIoATIoN FILED MAB. ze. 1907.

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LUUIE DUFEY. Ul" NEW YORK, N. Y.

STOCKING-PROTE CTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1908.

Application filed March 29, 1907. Serial No. 365,260.

To all whom it rml-'y come/vi.'

Be it known that l, VlioU'ln Duchi', a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of'New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stocking Protectors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a protecting means for ladies stockings by which they are convenicntly engaged to thel fastener or supporting device of any ordinary instruction of garter, without any liability of tearing or injuring the fabric of the stocking.

Ladies stockings are frequently made of silk or delicatetabric which is liable to be come torn or injured if directly engaged by the mechanical gripping devices of a garter Or supporter. Attempts have been made to overcome this dilliculty by various special forms of gripping devices on the garter, but with only partial success. 'lhe form of griping device least liable to tear or injure the iabric has a flexible plate with a rubber butt0n which is received in a slotted metal plate, into which the stocking is gathered and held. This form of garter fastener' is in cone mon use, and has largely superseded other types. Nevertheless it is found that the fabric of the stocking torn in use. By the present invention l provide a very cheap and simple attachment on the stocking itself which is designed to cooperate with the above described type of garter fastener., and which absolutely prevents the fabric of the stocking being torn or injured under any circula-- stances. further such as to render the engagement of the garter fastener very easily made and very nnportant requisites, as will be clearly understood by those versed in the art.

ln the drawings: VFigure l is a view illustratling the general appearance of a device embodying the principles of my invention in use; Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the attachnient showing it in engaged relation with a garter fastener or supporter of the ordinary type; Fig. 3 is a side view showing the aton the stocking.

Referring to the drawings in which like parts are designated by the same reference sign, 1 indicates a stocking of the type ordi- The nature of the attachment is p narily worn by ladies. To the upper edge l of this stocking is applied a device or attacle ment which constitutes the protector, and which furnishes the engaging means for the usual garter fastener or supporter. ln the drawings l have illustrated this attacnment or supporter in the form of a flexible strip or tab 3. 'l`he most ci nvenient practical construction comprises an ordinary piece of strong black cloth of twice thc length of the finished article and folded traiisversely across its middle at el. 'l`he cloth is then stitched or fastened transversely across the line and around the edges ol the up )er part, as shown at o, so that tlnupper half is a single unitary sheet or structure 7, while below the line 5 has two separat:l divergent leaves S. '.lhc upper part T ol' the protector has a central circular .aperture il, in which is riveted au eyelet lt). 'lhe eyclct l() is of sullicieut size to receive the usual llcxible button ll, of an ordinary garter fastener or supporter (see Fig. 2).

lln use it is merely necessary to place the protector on the upper edge l of a stocking, so lthat the leaves S fall on opposite sides thereof. The fabric is then scwed through in any way, for example, on the lines lf2. running around the borders of the leaves S. This binds the leaves and the upper edge of the stocking into aV single unitary piece or sheet, and any strain which is brought on the protector in use is so distributed to the. fabric of the stocking that the latter will not become injured or torn under any circumstances. 'lhe button ll of the fastener is merely pushed through the eyelet l() and engaged in the ordinary slotted plate lf3, in the usual way.

lt is evident that this attachment can be very quickly made, and is :very secure and iermanent in use.

lhile l have described the invention as made of cloth or fabric and applied to a lady's stocking, l do not desire to be limited either to lhismaterial or to this use, since the protector is capable of being made of any sheet material, and is applicable to mens and children's hose, and other garments, as well as ladies' stockings.

lVhat lV claim, isi- As an article of manufacture, a device or attachment for ladies' stockings comprising l a flexible strip ol' cloth 3 folded transversely the lower half il t) l llo m senese across its middle 4, and stitchedv or fastened and having central circular aperture 9, and transversely across the line 5vbetween said an eyelet l0 riveted into said aperture. 10 folded middle portion and the two ends and ln witness whereof, I subseribe my signaalso along th'e edges 6 adj aeent to the'folded ture, in the presence of two witnesses, i .5 portionkwhereby one half 7 constitutes in LOUlE DUCEY.

effect a single unitary sheet orV structure, i/Vitnesses: while the other half has two separable leaves JAMES ETCHINGHAM, 8, said half 7 being stitched around the edges JAMES F. Davis. 

